China's Rules On Real Estate Evaluation Agencies To Begin Dec 1 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)

China's Rules On Real Estate Evaluation Agencies To Begin Dec 1 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)
China's new administrative rules on real estate price evaluation agencies are scheduled to take effect on December 1, 2005.

Real estate from the hopper / Lottery attracts a host of would-be S.F. homeowners (San Francisco Chronicle)
To see just how unattainable San Francisco real estate has become, one needed only to visit SBC Park at 7:30 Wednesday morning. There, about 150 people -- out of 4,300 applicants -- showed up for a lottery for 20 new condos. The lure in this city-...

Here's how investment, risk can be defined in real estate (Honolulu Advertiser)
I often receive many real estate-related questions during my regular online chat at washingtonpost.com. Here are some from recent chats I didn't have time to answer:

Real estate hots up in small cities (Rediff.com)
Trammel Crow Meghraj launches $300 mn real estate development fund.